Signal Delivery Through The Right Ventricular Septum
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Abstract
A method is provided for use with a human subject. The method includes accessing a cardiac site via a vena cava of the subject, and alleviating heart failure of the subject by applying to the cardiac site, during a refractory period of the site, a refractory-period signal that affects the left ventricle of the subject'"'"'s heart. Other embodiments are also described.
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88 Claims
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1-41. -41. (canceled)
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42. Apparatus for applying a signal to a heart of a human subject, comprising:
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a set of one or more electrodes, configured to be passed through a vena cava of the subject and coupled to a cardiac site; and
a control unit, configured to alleviate heart failure of the subject by driving the electrode set to apply to the cardiac site, during a refractory period of the site, a refractory-period signal that affects a left ventricle of the heart. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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